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LIGHTING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 1, 1904.

JAMES HENRY PROSSER, OF MAHANOY CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

LIGHTING ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 753,517, dated March 1, 1904.

Application filed July 21, 1903. Serial No. 166,471. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HENRY PRossER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mahanoy City, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Lighting Attachment for the Burners of Lamps, Lanterns, Oil-Stoves,&c., of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a lighting attachment for the burners of lamps, lanterns, oilstoves, and the like. v

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of llighting attachments for the burners of lamps, lanterns, oilstoves, and the like and to provide an exceedingly simple and inexpensive one adapted to be applied to a burner of the ordinary construction without necessitating any material change in the same and capable of enabling a burner to be lighted without removing the chimney of a lamp, the globe of a lantern, or the casing of an oil-stove.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will be. mounted upon the burner and located wholly within the chimney, globe, or casing and which will be adapted t0 be operated exteriorly thereof adjacent to the wick-raising dev1ce.

Another object of the invention is to provide a burner-lighting attachment adapted tobe quickly extinguished by simply returning it to its initial position.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustratedl in the accompanying drawings, and pointed outin the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a lamp-burner provided with an attachment constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same,

the lighting attachment being swung upward. Fig. 3 is a similar View, partly in secticn,

taken at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective uv iew of the attachment.

Like numerals of reference designate correspending parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l designates a lamp-burner of the ordinary construction designed to be mounted upon the reservoir of a lamp in the. ordinary manner and provided with a threaded portion 2 for engaging the same. The lamp-burner, which is adapted to receive a lamp-chimney 3, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings, is provided with the usual spring-fingers 4L for engaging the same.`

In order to enable the lamp to be lighted without removing the chimney, the burner is provided with a lamp-lighting attachment adapted to project exteriorly of the burner when a chimney or globe is arranged thereon and to carry a light from that point to a point above the burner and comprising an approximately horizontal shaft 5, journaled in suitable'bearl ings of the burner and provided at one end with an exteriorly-arranged crank-handle 6 or other operating device and having a curved. arm 7 at its other end adapted to conform to the configuration of the adjacent portion of the body of the burner and to lie between the same and the chimney or other inclosure when not in use. The shaft 6 is arranged at a slight inclination, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and its lower outer portion piercesthe depending rim 8 .of the horizontal flange 9, which forms the seat or gallery for the chimney, and the other end of the shaft pierces the body portion of the burner above the chimney seat or gallery.Y

The shaft preferably consists of a piece of wire angularly bent at one end to form the handle 6 and a tube 10, which forms theinner portion of the shaft and which is extended to form the curved arm 7 as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. 'Ihe tube 10 receives a supplemental wick 11; but, if desired, the wire or rod constituting the outer portion of the shaft may be extended inward to form an arm, and it may be provided with a short tube for holding the means for igniting the main wick of the burner. The supplemental wick 11 extends downward from the inner end of the tubular portion of the attachment through IOO opening 14 of the flange or portion 9 of the burner when the arm 7 is arranged approximately in a horizontal position, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, to render the outer end of the supplemental wick exteriorly accessible for lighting. The supplemental wick is adapted to be extinguished by simply swinging it quickly to its initial position. The angularly-disposed terminal portion 13, which projects through the opening 14 of the flange or portion 9, holds the outer end of the wick in convenient position for enabling the same to be lighted, and' when it is desired to light the lamp the supplemental wick is first lighted from the exteriorwhile the arm 7 is in the position illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The arm is then swung upward to the position illustrated in full lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and the angularly-disposed terminal portion 13 extends inward to the top of the burner to a point directly above the wick-tube. The wick may then be raised and lighted and `adjusted, and the arm 7 may then be swung downward to its initial position, which will extinguish it. In this manner a lamp may be quickly lighted without removing the chimney from the burner. When only a short tube is provided for 'the lamp-lighting attachment, the wick or other igniting means may belsaturatedV from the main wick of the lamp by swinging the interiorly-arranged arm upward to the position illustrated in Fig. 2 and then raising the wick. After such saturation the arm may be swung downward for lighting and returned to an upright position to light the lamp. The handle of the transversely-disposed approximately horizontal shaft is arranged adjacent tothe wick-raising device, so that both the wick-raising device of the lamp and the lamplighting attachment may be manipulated with one hand While the supplemental wick is being lighted by a match held in the other hand.

It will be seen that the lamp-lighting attachment, which is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, is strong and durable and is adapted to be readily applied to an ordinary lamp-burner and that the supplemental wick is supplied with oil from the oilreservoir of a lamp and may be lighted from the exterior without adjustment and quickly carried` to a position for lighting the lamp. It will also be apparent that as the supplemental wick is always in position and in condition for lighting the attachment will enable a lamp to be lighted with much greater rapidity than heretofore and without necessitating the removal of the chimney. Furthermore, it will be clear that as the shaft of the lamplighting attachment extends entirely across the burner the parts are arranged in convenient position for enabling the lamp-lighting attachment and the wick-raising device to be operated with one hand, while the supplemental wick is lighted by a match or other means held in the other hand.

The lighting attachment for burners although shown applied to a lamp in the accompanying drawings is applicable to all kinds of burners using wicks, and it may be advantageously employed on lanterns, oil-stoves,

` and the like, as it will enable the burner or a lantern or oil-stove to be quickly lighted without removing the globe of the former or the casing of the latter. It will also obviate the necessity of providing openings in the casings of oil-stoves, lanterns, and the like for the introduction of matches or `other means for lighting the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a burner, of a supplemental wick mounted on the burner and arranged to extend into an oil font or reservoir, and means for carrying the outer end of the supplemental wick from a point exteriorly of the burner, when a chimney or globe is placed thereon, to a point directly above the burner, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a burner, of a supplemental wick arranged to extend into an oil font or reservoir, and a shaft having an arm arranged to lie within a chimney orother inclosure, between the same and the body of the burner, to carry the supplemental wick from the exterior of the burner, when the chimney or other inclosure is in place, to a point above the burner, substantially as described.

3. The combination with aburner, of a lightving attachment comprising a supplemental wick, and an oscillatory arm located within the chimney or other inclosure between the same and the body of the burner at a point above the support for the chimney or other inclosure, and having a projecting' portion'normally extending through the said support to a point exteriorly of the burner when the chimney or inclosure is in place, and meansV for carrying the arm to a point above the burner for lighting the same, substantially as described. v

4. The combination with a burner having a supplemental wick-passage communicating with a font or reservoir, of exterior operable means for carrying the supplemental wick from a point exteriorly oi' a burner, when a chimney or inclosure is arranged thereon, to a point above the burner, substantially as described.

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5. The combination with a burner, of a movable supplemental wick-tube adapted to carry a wick for receiving oil from a font or reservoir, said tube having a portion normally proj ecting eXteriorly of the burner, when a chimney or inclosure is in place, to enable the supplemental wick to be lighted without removing the chimney or inclosure, and eXteriorlyoperable means for carrying the wick-tube to a point above the burner, substantiallyas described.

6. The combination of a burner provided in its bottom with an aperture, a lighting attachment provided with an arm arranged to project through the aperture of the bottom of the I5 burner and thereby extend exteriorly thereof when a globe or inclosure is in position, and means for movingthe arm upward toa point above the burner, Substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 2O my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES HENRY PROSSER.

Witnesses:

H. T. BAGENs'rosE,

F. J. SMITH. 

